Shiseido MakeUp Session with BlessMyBag - What We Learned

It is not a whole week workshop or a month seminar, it is just an afternoon (2hours) of makeup demonstrated in front of us while giving makeup tips and tricks and as a makeup newbie and enthusiast, I learned a lot!

Cutting the chase, I'll share to you the mental notes I had during our Shiseido MAkeup Class with Ms. Julia of BlessMyBag when you're doing make up!

1)if you want to contour your nose during daytime, skip the "shadow" and focus on the highlight; that way you'll avoid looking like dirty mess. Of course you should blend the edges gently.

2)when choosing foundation, try to get the color close to your pulse; where you put your perfume to last - so you'll match your face to the color of your neck rather than the other way around, less foundation stain on the collar of your blouse or uniform ;)

3)liquid to liquid, powder to powder- to avoid blotches on the cheeks -liquid foundation to cream blush, powder foundation to baked blush. Breaking this rule is easy, just make sure to set your liquid foundation with powder first before applying powder blush.

4)Eyebrows can make the difference! Fill in the brows to make a person look younger and thin lines gives the opposite effect.

5)Another tip about doing the brows is - if you want your eyebrows to last longer, use an eyebrow pencil instead of powder.

6)If you are having a hard time with eyeliner on your tear ducts or you just don't want to deal with that nasty morning-glory-like in your eyes in the color of your eyeliner then end the line just before your tear ducts. Bonus - since you'll not have black liner in your inner corners, it'll pop your eyes = fresh looking! :)

Any other makeup tips and tricks you wanna share? Comment down below! :D

First BDJ BOX Beauty Social

Welcome back from a looong extended vacation! I was supposed to post this before the holiday, but what the heck - accident do happen - long story short, we're back and I'll try to burn the keyboard and publish several posts right before I start designing again. *crossing fingers. :)

As a breastfeeding mom, I hesitated to join this event, thinking I can’t handle babe while strolling around, he might cry - or worse poop (now could i handle that, ey?) and people enjoying the event might get irritated. But a day before the deadline, the girly girl in me gave in! :P With a little help and push from my girly girl family as well, they promised to help carry babe around and my hubby has a project site inspection -  in Tondo, Manila – and volunteered to drop us at Mall of Asia on his way. So, through that arrangement, I pre-register all of us! :P

This is the first BDJ Box Social Event and I am excited on what is in store, for sure it will be a fun-filled event just like the past belle de jour events I've attended like -

Limitless

Take Flight

BDJ Rendezvouz - Breaking Free

If you wanna see more about my Belle de Jour events and reviews click here.

We arrived before 1pm, fortunately its babe's siesta time after nursing. We put him in his stroller and secure him first before entering the atrium - just in time for our reserved talk with the Beauty Ministry! :P

I am so thankful that the event was held inside the mall given that my babe is sleeping, I won't worry about him sweating his back. :)

Food Trip: Elsie's by Owlisms

Top hangout of the month goes to the Elsie's by Owlisms which we locally termed as Ginatan because they serve justice to Ginatan Halo-Halo (Php 60.00) - because that is their "specialty" - plus my favorite Chicken Arroz Caldo (Php 55.00) and Pancit Molo (Php 60.00) without the noodles.

This is the perfect merienda place because aside from their Filipino mini dishes, they also sell brewed coffee for Php50.00 only. Milano Roast 250g for only Php 200.00, Melba Toast Php60.00 Whole Wheat Melba Toast Php65.00 Sans Rival Php60.00 and other sweet treats and pastries... So if you are on a budget and want to dine out, hang around, chat or just chill, or you just love owls then this is the place! :D

They have a cute presentation of food, cute owl bowls of different sizes, cute owl figurines and statues. 

I hope that the picture above sums it all up. :P And no, I didn't eat all that! *burp*

P.S. - perfect hangout for tablet users because of free public wifi. Now that's what I called cool!